The best season in the history of the Los Altos High School girls golf team was something special.

After beating powerful Torrance to claim the CIF-WSCGA Southern California Regional team title for the first time ever on Monday, Los Altos followed with a second-place finish in the state championships at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday.

Torrance bounced back from Monday’s loss and won its second consecutive state title and third in the past four years, turning in a final score of 433 to finish ahead of Los Altos’ 403 at Red Hill.

Los Altos’ Allie Weng turned in the low round for the Conquerors, shooting a 3-over 77 in the state finals, which was seventh overall.

Torrance’s Jenny Shin was the low medalist in the state finals at 72, but her teammate Jane Rah was fourth at 73 on the par-74 course to lead the Tartars to the title.

Tiffany Lua, the most decorated golfer at Los Altos since Bob May, shot a four-over 78 on Tuesday, good enough for ninth overall.

Los Altos’ Mason Chen (83), Mayko Wang (81) and Connie Chen (84) rounded out the top five finishers in the state finals.

“It was an incredible couple of days, and just a huge accomplishment for our program,” Los Altos coach Neil Shapiro said. “Torrance has been the dominant team in the state for a while now. We didn’t get them in the state finals, but we beat them for the (Southern California) title, which is something I’ll never forget, that’s for sure.”

In Monday’s Southern California team championships at Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside, Lua, a two-time qualifier for the U.S. Women’s Open, was fourth overall with a 69.

That made a huge difference in the team score as Los Altos edged Torrance 378-383 to win its first Southern California title.

“I knew we would have a pretty good season, but I never expected all of this,” Shapiro said. “During the season we had been in four tournaments against Torrance and split two and two.

“Then we split again this week. What a great rivalry that was. To even be mentioned with them and all of their accomplishments is a huge credit to all the hard work our girls put in this season.”

Lua, headed to UCLA on scholarship next fall, finished a brilliant four-year career.

“She’s been a rock and will be impossible to replace,” Shapiro said. “She’s even or under par in just about every tournament she played in. She’s going to have a great career at UCLA and I’m sure we’ll see more of her on the (LPGA).”